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Descendants of Enslaved Offered Need-Based Scholarships through Partnership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Monique Trusclair Maddox Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation The Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation announced applications are open for an advancement of education scholarship program in partnership with Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF). Williams, the president and CEO of TMCF.

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NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade Gifts $3M for Literacy, Scholarships

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Marquette University alumnus and NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade has committed to a $3 million gift to extend the Tragil Wade-Johnson Summer Reading Program and establish the Wade Scholars as well as support a new men’s basketball practice facility in a future expansion of the Athletic and Human Performance Research Center.

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University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to Launch Scholarship Program as Part of Federal Agriculture Career Initiative

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will be part of a federal initiative to recruit and retain underrepresented minority students in food and agriculture careers. Dr. Nina Lyon-Bennett As part of the U.S. The ability to afford tuition is a major factor impacting student enrollment, retention, and persistence to graduation.”

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Building careers in the humanities

Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

Lorain County Community College is the community’s college, providing pathways to rewarding careers in all fields, including liberal arts and the humanities. This semester, the first cohort of the Mandel program came together, comprised of students with interests in the arts, writing, communication or the humanities.

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Nigeria: US$29m on scholarships in eight years

The PIE News

million – an equivalent of 20 billion Naira – sponsoring students in international universities in the eight years up to 2023. The former commissioner emphasised that the administration’s commitment to investing in education and scholarship opportunities had a significant impact on the development of human capital in Kano State”, it stated.

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Is Academic Scholarship Stagnating?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma What if we ranked universities not by inputs but by outputs? A recent piece in Forbes echoes an argument that I made several months ago : That the preeminence of many of the most highly regarded American universities is fading. Cal Tech, MIT, UC-Berkeley, and the University of Chicago.

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Honor and invest in Ukraine through scholarships (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In the spring of 2022, at least 15 colleges and universities , including my own, Alfred University, jointly awarded honorary degrees during our commencement exercises. Scholarships, for example, are an especially effective means to help Ukrainians build a better future for their nation.